Charles Ball talked about the history of the Smiley Face symbol. In 1963, the original version of the Smiley Face symbol was created in Worcester, Massachusetts, by Charles Ball's father, graphic ...

The smiley face is an international, ubiquitous, and well-loved symbol of joy and good cheer in our 21st Century world. The smiley face is part of a phenomenon known as a "pareidolia." ...

Smiley face has its day in court MOSCOW, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A Russian businessman's attempt to cash in on the smiley face symbol was frowned upon by Russia's patent service Rospatent Friday.

A bizarre smiley face branding has appeared, on hundreds of sheep at opposite ends of the country, sparking debate on social networking sites into where the markings have come from.

His symbol soon skyrocketed to become that globally iconic smiley face. In the 1990s, he asked his son to help revive the business after "overexploitation" had left the symbol "dated".

The Board held that while neither parties’ respective smiley face logos were inherently distinctive, Wal-Mart’s logo had acquired distinctiveness in the United States while Loufrani’s had not.